Dr. Apetauerová said the findings indicate a high incidence of dystonia in patients with PSP. Although botulinum toxin A was least effective for orofacial and foot dystonias, she nonetheless ...

Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a side effect of some medicines, usually antipsychotics, and causes involuntary muscle movements. WebMD explains its symptoms, causes, and treatments.

Meeting Coverage > AAOPT Botox-Type Drugs Can Treat Many Eye Conditions — A good approach when muscular dysfunction is the cause, expert says. by Randy Dotinga, Contributing Writer, MedPage ...

CARLSBAD, California — In 2003, researchers asked 303 patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) what bothered them most about their disease from an aesthetic standpoint: Orofacial features ...

In animals, spontaneous orofacial movements are known to influence brain activity when expecting or acquiring rewards. However, the neural mechanisms underlying these orofacial actions have ...

The guide, Self-Management of Chronic Orofacial Pain Including TMD, can be downloaded for free. It was co-designed by a team ...

In 1861 a physician, Paul Broca, described a patient with speech problems who said only one word: ‘tan’. When the patient died, brain damage was discovered in part of the left frontal cortex ...

Dystonia symptoms can be persistent and chronic, lasting for extended periods or even a lifetime. Muscle Spasms are generally brief and resolve quickly, though they can recur in the same muscle group.

Background The association between the risk of orofacial clefts in infants and the use of corticosteroids during pregnancy is unclear from the available evidence. We conducted a nationwide cohort ...

The advanced dental education program in Temporomandibular (TMD) and Orofacial Pain provides clinical assessment and treatment skills for these disorders, within the context of graduate education that ...

Orofacial dystonia—also called embouchure dystonia—was found exclusively in players of woodwind and brass instruments (woodwind: n = 199; 26%; brass: n = 181; 96%).